Periodicals>Journal Article: Alfvén, Hannes (1984), Cosmology: Myth or Science?, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 5, 79-98, Retrieved on 2011-09-01
Folksonomies: cosmology Memes
01 SEP 2011
Myth VS Science
The difference between myth and science is the difference between divine inspiration of 'unaided reason' (as Bertrand Russell put it) on the one hand and theories developed in observational contact with the real world on the other. It is the difference between the belief in prophets and critical thinking, between Credo quia absurdum (I believe because it is absurd–Tertullian) and De omnibus est dubitandum (Everything should be questioned–Descartes). To try to write a grand cosmical drama ...A great quote by Hannes Alfvén on the lines between empiricism and intuitive reasoning.